mushroom cloud
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Footage shows the towering rocket erupt in an inferno, followed by a mushroom cloud of smoke as bystanders gathered to watch the launch gasp "Oh no!" and "Oh my God!"
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Harry Truman’s legacy froze the moment the mushroom cloud rose over Hiroshima.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Federal investigators later concluded that the open burn and the black mushroom cloud it produced were unnecessary, but it was too late.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2024
She is posing exuberantly, her arms up-flung, with a cloud of blonde hair and, affixed to her swimsuit, a cottony, torso-sized mushroom cloud.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Lauren Bristol is beside me, behind the image of the mushroom cloud after the bombing of Hiroshima.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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